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Century-Old Ocean Data Provides Further Confirmation of Global Warming
May 28, 2013 A new NASA and university analysis of ocean data collected more than 135 years ago by the crew of the HMS Challenger oceanographic expedition provides further confirmation that human activities have ... > full story -
Scientists Narrow Global Warming Range
May 28, 2013 Australian scientists have narrowed the predicted range of global warming through groundbreaking new ... > full story -
Even Farm Animal Diversity Is Declining as Accelerating Species Loss Threatens Humanity
May 27, 2013 The accelerating disappearance of Earth's species of both wild and domesticated plants and animals constitutes a fundamental threat to the well-being and even the survival of humankind, warn ... > full story -
Antarctic Polar Icecap Is 33.6 Million Years Old, Researchers Show
May 27, 2013 Seasonal primary productivity of plankton communities appeared with the first ice. This phenomenon, still active today, influences global food webs. These findings are based on fossil records in ... > full story -
Expedition to Study Ancient Continental Breakup West of Spain
May 24, 2013 An international team of scientists has embarked on a shipboard expedition to study how the Earth's crust was pulled apart in an area beneath the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of ... > full story -
Earth's Mantle Affects Long-Term Sea-Level Rise Estimates
May 23, 2013 New findings reveal that the U.S. shoreline -- from Virginia to Florida -- has been uplifted by more than 210 feet, meaning less ice melted than expected. This is big news for scientists who use the ... > full story -
Scientists Offer First Definitive Proof of Bacteria-Feeding Behavior in Green Algae
May 23, 2013 Researchers have captured images of green alga consuming bacteria, offering a glimpse at how early organisms dating back more than 1 billion years may have acquired free-living photosynthetic cells. ... > full story -
NASA Ships Sensors for Seafaring Satellite to France
May 23, 2013 Three NASA-built instruments that are integral components of the next in a series of U.S./European ocean altimetry satellites have arrived in France for integration with their spacecraft in ... > full story -
Top 10 New Species of 2012
May 22, 2013 An amazing glow-in-the-dark cockroach, a harp-shaped carnivorous sponge and the smallest vertebrate on Earth are just three of the newly discovered top 10 species selected by a global committee of ... > full story -
Tropical Upper Atmosphere 'Fingerprint' of Global Warming
May 22, 2013 The winds of the quasibiennial oscillation in the tropical upper atmosphere have greatly weakened at some altitudes over the last six decades, according to a new study. The finding is consistent with ... > full story
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